Elements of Language: 7th Grade - Witnessing an Event (Ch. 1)

Description
Workshops: Reading an Eyewitness Account, Writing an Eyewitness Account, Examining News.

[FROM THE TEXT]
Have you ever seen huge explosions of fireworks at a festival? Have you watched a famous Hollywood director shutting down the streets of your hometown to make a new film? Even if you have not seen events like these, someone somewhere has, and has probably written about them in an “eyewitness account.” An eyewitness account is a narrative, or story, that tells about something interesting, unusual, or exciting that the writer has seen. It gives facts and details about an event so that the reader can picture it clearly. Reading an eyewitness account can put you at the scene of the action. You can also write your own eyewitness account that will pull a reader into your world. Writing an eyewitness account is one of the best ways you and other writers can share what you have seen with the rest of the world.

[ABOUT THE COURSE]
This online version of “Elements of Language” features your textbook and a variety of interactive activities. The First course is aimed at Seventh Graders. The Elements of Language Online Edition offers activities from these workbooks: * Communications * Sentences and Paragraphs * Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics Language Skills Practice * Chapter Tests in Standardized Test Formats. It provides practical teaching strategies, differentiated instruction, and engaging presentation tools that offer more ways to reach more students than ever before.